Child Friendly Newspaper Award & Best Volunteer Award 2006

                                                      Pictures Of Awards
 

To encourage the media personnel to handle the issue of CSA in a more meaningful way, Sahil started to appreciate the contribution of newspapers because sensitive reporting of these issues helps to create a profound impact on society. 

For this purpose, Child Friendly Newspaper Award (CFN) was introduced by Sahil in the year 2005 to appreciate the contributions and efforts of the newspapers in reporting cases of Child Sexual Abuse in Pakistan. The purpose of this award is to select the Child Friendly Newspaper for each year.

The criteria developed for the Child Friendly Newspaper Award is based on the following:

    1. Frequency of newspaper in highlighting issues related to children.

2. Special pages or editions in the newspaper dedicated to children.

3. The number of CSA cases reported.

4. Name and picture of the victim should not be reported in the news related to child sexual abuse.

5. Names and occupation of the victim’s parents should not be reported.

6. Permission should be taken from the victim’s family for publishing any picture related to the incident.

7. Information of abuser could be highlighted in the reporting.

8. The reporter should cross check the First Information Report (FIR) as a follow up for  
verification.

9.  Frequency of Newspaper in highlighting the issue of Child Rights Convention (CRC).

10. Follow up of CSA court cases, especially convictions.

11. Language ethics while reporting CSA.

12. Newspapers reporting should include crime category, abuser category, and  
 age of victim/abuser, geographical area, and place of abuse and case status
 (FIR registration).

                                                 Award Categories

The award is given in three categories according to the circulation of the newspaper: 

     1.  Child Friendly Newspaper: circulation over 50,000
2.  Child Friendly Newspaper: circulation over 20,000
3.  Child Friendly Newspaper: circulation over 10,000 

Award for CFN 2006

Sahil conducted its second ceremony of Child Friendly Newspaper Award 2006 and Best Volunteer Award 2006 on 27 February 2007, in Crystal Ball Room of Marriot Hotel Islamabad.  

Chief Guest of the ceremony was Mr.Tariq Azeem, State Minister for Information and Broadcasting, while Mr. M.Z. Sohail, Director International Relations, PTV Islamabad was Guest of Honor. 
 

  Nominees for the award were as: 

• In National Category: Daily Express, Daily Khabrain and Daily Nawa-e-Waqt

• In Regional Category: Daily Kavish, Daily Sahafat, Daily Asas

• In Local Category: Daily Tameer-e-Sind, Daily Sindhu, Daily Hulchal 
   

Mr. Tariq Azeem, State Minister presented Award Shield to the first winner in National Category and a prize cheque of 20,000/- Rupees to the Resident Editor Daily Khabrain, Abdul Wadood Qureshi. He also presented Award Shield and a cheque of 15,000/- rupees to second winner in Regional category Daily Asas.

While Guest of Honour, Mr. M.Z Sohail, presented an award shield to Mr.Imdaad Phulpoto, the Editor of a Sindhi local newspaper Tameer-e-Sindh and also presented award shield to Mr.Shaukat Saleem Khan, an Advocate representing Peshawar High Court, was selected as the "Best Volunteer" for 2006 due to his valuable contributions as a Sahil volunteer in providing free Legal Aid for 13 CSA cases in Swat District.

Chairperson Sahil, Mr. Khawar S Ansari, gave the certificate of special appreciation to Volunteer Mr.Iftikhar Mubarik for his on going activities to promote Sahil’s vision. 

A total of 108 participants, 88 from media, Ministries and organizations participated in the ceremony including Sahil Staff.   

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